sh.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • harvard-anglia-ruskin-university
  • apa-old-doi-prefix.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-harvard.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-oxford.csl
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Victora Romana: The historiography of Roman victory during the Early Empire, from Augustus to Commodus
Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, History.
2024 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The essay examines the depictions of Roman victory, and the treatment of defeated foes, in Ancient historiography on the Principate, to determine the function served by such depictions. The victories are divided into several categories depending on the fate inflicted on the defeated, and using a theory inspired primarily by Christophe Bouton the examples are then classified according to which historiographical function the example serves, attempting to find a link between the type of victory and its depiction in the source material, and whether the historiographer simply described the events, explained them, or whether it prescribed – or proscribed – the actions of the Roman commander involved. The study further examines the potential impact of when the victory was achieved, by which commander, and against which enemy, and seeks to understand discrepancies between differing accounts of the same events, and what the effect of such differences are. The study finds that, contrary to earlier claims, Roman historiographers did sometimes find it necessary to explain – or even excuse – the harsh violence at times meted out to a defeated foe. It also identifies a change in how victories are depicted over the centuries, and finds a link – albeit faint – between the type of victory and the function served by its depictions. Additionally, it finds discrepancies between expected Roman mores and the promotion of acts contrary to Roman – and Mediterranean – law. 

Abstract [sv]

Den här uppsatsen undersöker skildringar av romersk seger, och behandlingen av besegrade fiender, i antik historieskrivning om Principatet, för att bestämma sådana skildringars funktion. Segrarna är uppdelade i ett antal kategorier beroende på de besegrades öde, och genom en teori primärt inspirerad av Christophe Bouton klassificeras exemplen enligt vilken historiografisk funktion de tjänar, för att försöka finna en koppling mellan typen av seger och dess skildring i källmaterialet och huruvida historieskrivaren enbart beskriver händelserna, förklarar dem, eller vill se läsaren emulera – eller undvika – den inblandade romerska härförarens handlingar. Studien undersöker vidare den potentiella betydelsen av när segern vanns, av vilken härförare, och mot vilken fiende, och söker förstå diskrepanser mellan olika skildringar av samma händelser, och vilken effekt dessa skillnader har. Studien finner att romerska historieskrivare, i motsats till vad som tidigare hävdats – stundtals fann det nödvändigt att förklara – och ibland rättfärdiga – the brutala våld som drabbade en besegrad fiende. Den identifierar också en förändring i hur segrar skildras över seklen, och finner en koppling – om en svag – mellan typen av seger och funktionen skildringen av denna tjänar. Vidare identifierar den diskrepanser mellan väntade Romerska värderingar och uppmaningar till handlingar i motsats till romersk och regional lag. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024. , p. 81
Keywords [en]
Ancient Rome, Antiquity, Roman Empire, Historiography, Principate, Tacitus, Historia Augusta, Eutropius, Velleius Paterculus, Suetonius, Aurelius Victor, Dio Cassius
Keywords [sv]
Antiken, Antika Rom, Romarriket, Historieskrivning, Historiografi, Principatet, Tacitus, Historia Augusta, Eutropius, Velleius Paterculus, Suetonius, Aurelius Victor, Dio Cassius.
National Category
History
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-54899OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-54899DiVA, id: diva2:1903450
Subject / course
History
Supervisors
Examiners
Available from: 2024-10-04 Created: 2024-10-04 Last updated: 2025-10-07Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(620 kB)190 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 620 kBChecksum SHA-512
8e03c2bee9b9ec59c811402c6e7cd55f2239722a330491c2cbef9332fff9aabefe1f854c8a89f5be3de154ee38a72c235093dfe9d5dd48609bc6253ae0ec8e6f
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

By organisation
History
History

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 190 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 226 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • harvard-anglia-ruskin-university
  • apa-old-doi-prefix.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-harvard.csl
  • sodertorns-hogskola-oxford.csl
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf